The Sexy Hitman

(Management suggests that guests listen to “Blues for Los Angeles”, the first track on Bill Frisell’s record Gone, Just Like a Train while reading this episode. Thank you.)

An imposing figure strode into the Kranepool’s lobby on a warm night. “May I put up a notice on your billboard?”

It’d been a long time since anyone asked that. Billboards are digital, these days. People do come in and affix inappropriate notices without permission, however. It’s up to the Night Porter to remove these before the end of his shift, so that the guests won’t have to see them in the morning. But what, he sometimes wondered, if that’s exactly what the guests in question want to see?